I'm autistic. Adult diagnosis. DM aware.
In a recent conversation she was discussing how hard it must be for Mums with disabled children, in reference to her seeing a Mum with an adult child in a wheelchair in a shop.
She said she couldn't have coped with a disabled child and how hard it must be when they need lifelong care.
Afterwards it dawned on me that she hasn't accepted my diagnosis and doesn't recognise my autism as a disability.
I did have obvious additional needs as a child which were unmet both at home and in school. These needs have continued into adulthood. I am on the highest care component of PIP and have a full time carer.
We have always had a difficult relationship. I believe she is also autistic and have told her this but she did not accept it.
I've grown to not expect anything positive from her but this comment has really stung.
AIBU that if you have an autistic child you are a mum of a disabled child?